Amino Acids



Relationship of amino acid properties, which are important in the determination of protein tertiary structure




Polar/Non-Polar



Standard representation
amino acids

Name           Abbr.          Linear structure formula
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Alanine        ala a                  CH3-CH(NH2)-COOH

Arginine       arg r  HN=C(NH2)-NH-(CH2)3-CH(NH2)-COOH

Asparagine     asn n           H2N-CO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Aspartic acid  asp d             HOOC-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Cysteine       cys c               HS-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Glutamine      gln q        H2N-CO-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Glutamic acid  glu e          HOOC-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Glycine        gly g                      NH2-CH2-COOH

Histidine      his h       NH-CH=N-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
                           |__________|

Isoleucine     ile i      CH3-CH2-CH(CH3)-CH(NH2)-COOH

Leucine        leu l        (CH3)2-CH-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Lysine         lys k           H2N-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH

Methionine     met m         CH3-S-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Phenylalanine  phe f               Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Proline        pro p                 NH-(CH2)3-CH-COOH
                                     |_________|

Serine         ser s               HO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Threonine      thr t           CH3-CH(OH)-CH(NH2)-COOH

Tryptophan     trp w       Ph-NH-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
                            |_______|

Tyrosine       tyr y          HO-p-Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Valine         val v            (CH3)2-CH-CH(NH2)-COOH

R. Roca (CNB) VII 2002